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This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 07.05.2016

Dolly, the first animal to be cloned from an adult of its species, was born 20 years ago today at...

By Editorial Board, Nature | 07.05.2016

You may have heard that regulators in the United States are too strict when it comes to stem-cell treatments. If...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.04.2016

LOS ANGELES — A state ballot initiative meant to lower prescription drug prices for California faces an expected opponent: the...

By Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 07.04.2016

A new technique to genetically screen IVF embryos should be considered for use in the UK, fertility experts say. The...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.01.2016

The biggest stem cell story in the country this week reported that at least 570 dubious stem cell clinics exist...

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 07.01.2016

Our genes are not just naked stretches of DNA.

They’re coiled into intricate three-dimensional tangles, their lengths decorated with tiny...

By Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times | 06.30.2016

LONDON — A 60-year-old woman determined to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild...